NEET BIOLOGY

REPRODUCTION

REPRODUCTION IN ORGANISMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The muscle cells of an elephant contain 62 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in an elephant egg cell?
A
31
B
62
C
122
D
244
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Elephant parent cell has 62 chromosomes after meiosis gametes have 31 chromosomes. Hence, 31 chromosomes are present in elephant egg cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The muscle cells of an elephant contain 62 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elephants have 56 chromosomes in every cell Determine how many chromosomes y…

Detailed explanation-4: -Egg and sperm cells have just 23 chromosomes each. That’s half as many chromosomes as regular cells. Through the process of fertilization, egg and sperm join to make a cell with 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), called a zygote. For each chromosome pair, one homologous chromosome came from each parent.

Detailed explanation-5: -An elephant sperm cell contains 28 chromosomes.

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